Improvement in magazine-flfte-arm-s



'R..'S. GHAFFEE. Magazae Fim-Arm.

Pater-ned Mar'ch so, 1875.

No. mman.

. WITNESSES:

nennen-s.

HIS RIGrH'l.1 TO SFUVL PLACE isecaeterasarin MAeAziNFine-nns. V

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 16h-ASQ, dated :March30,1875; applfeationled v February 9,1875. Y Y 'I To all whom 'it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN S. Charnan,-

'of Springfield, illinois', have invented an Improvement 1n RevolvingMagazine" Fire-Arm,

'of whichA the following is' a specification:

The'object of my invention is the perfection of a breech-loadinglire-arm, with a revolving .magazine of large capacity inclosed in itshollow stock, and having a reeiprocatin g or post' tive motion, which islight, simple in its use,

Y and admits of greatirapidity in tiring, and

The description of myrv invention is illus-- tratedin detail by thedrawings hereto annexed, in which Figure l is a side elevation of thegun, with the cap and plate removed to show the mechanism; Fig. 2, adetail of the breech-block and its attachments5Fig. 3, a detail ot' theloading-bar and its attachments; Fig. 4, a detail of the cartridge!extractor, showing its relation to the breech-block and the cartridge;Fig. 5, a detail of the eut-ofi', and Fig. 6, a detail of the hammer,its spring, and the trigger.

In thehollow met-al stock of the gun, exhibited by the letters A A inthe drawing, is placed the revolving magazine, consisting of six tubes,'marked B. These tubes contain each a cartridge-driver, C, which is heldin position by their notched openings, marked l). rlhe cartridge-drivers have springs attached to them to force them into the notchedopenings of the tubes, but in large guns such springs will not berequired. The number of -tubcs in the magazine may be more or less thansix. Corresponding tothe number of vthe tubes are placed at the lowerend of the magazine pins marked E, which aid in turning it. At the lowerend, and outside of the stock, is a clasp-pin, marked U, which serves tohold the magazine in position, and by turning which it is unfastencd.ABelow the ,maga zine lies what I denominate the loading-bar ll, on whichare' arranged lugs l, for carrying forward the cartridge drivers. backend of this loading-bar is the stop-plate Gr, in which .is the springcam marked Thcse,'wi'tli the pins E, both serve to turn and Toward thestop the revolving ef: the magazine. the forward end of the loading-baris attached an independent hook, marked-il, and .under the lneck of thegan-stock works, inY its partly-circular groove, the breechblock markedjl P,

containing notches niarkedl( K, and as the breech-block' is Amoved.forward andl back by its lever Slthese notches strike the hook J,

. which impartsa-correspondingv moti-on to the loading-bar, and it, inturn, by means ot the pins E and Aspringcznn F, to :the magazine,causing it to revolve. To the front ot the breech-block is attachedalinger, marked L, for the purposelof holding'inposition the cartridge asitis p'ushed'forward into-the barrel. Said nger isprovided with a stud,y', which works in a slot, w', and which strikes against the hook J whenthe breechblock is pushed backward, for the purpose ot' propelling thelinger L to the front part or" its slot w', and in position to receivethe cartridge from the cutoli N. In the neck oi' the stock, immediatelyin front of the magazine-chamber, is another but smaller chamber,containing the cut-oit marked N, with spring S and cam X', to di- .reetthe cartridge in its passage downward and forward ofthe breech-block.The spring S causes the cut-off to close the communica-- tion with therevolving magazine, audits cam X causes it to be lifted up by theforward movement of the breech-block to reopen the communication, andreceive beneath its concave face the cartridge pushed out by theloading-bar. M is a stud for moving the linger L out of position toallow the shell of the Acartridge to be expelled by the extractor V, inconnection with which works also the springcateh marked 0, Q is thehammer, inelosed by a spiral spring, and R is the trigger. T shows thepoint where the breech-block is locked..

lo work the gun, open the cap of the magazine-chamber, and, by turningthe clasp-pin U a quarter up and pushing it backward, the magazine isunfastened. To load it, run the cartridge-drivers C down the tubes, andtill the latter with cartridges, putting one first iu the opening underthe concave face of the eutolil N. Replace the loadedmagazine, lock theclasp-pin, and the gun is ready to be discharged. To do this, throwforward the lever t full stroke. Now, in the passage of `thebreech-block back by means of the lever, the hook J moves the finger Linto position; the loading-bar slides down; the spring-cam F comesincontact with the pins E, causing the magazine to revolve till thestop-plate arrests it, when the loading-bar, with its lugs behind thedrivers, carries forward the' cartridge,4 whichis forced downward by thecut-olf N before the breech-block, where the ngerrIl holds it inpositionuntil 1t enters the barrel; when, by pulling the trigger, lthe hammer,4A

strikes the/cartridge, and the -gun is dis charged, As the cartridgeenters' the barrel, the stud M throws the finger L back of the extractorV and out of the yvay of the empty shell, which, in extraction, strikesthe springcatch- O, working in connectionwith the extractor, and iscaused to ily out; andI thus,

,while thel cartridges in the magazine last, 'the gun may be fired asrapidly as the lever can be worked back and forth and the triggerpulled, and this without removing it fromV the shoulder. l v

In throwing ont the lever the hammer may be full or half set, accordingasthe former is thrown `forward to full or half stroke.

vI claim as my inventionl. The pins E of the revolving magazine, in

combination with the spring-cam F and the loading-bar H, operating asdescribed,fo'r the purpose of turning the said magazine.

2. The tubes B, having notched openings -D, in combination with thecartridge-driver C,

provided with springs, substantially as and for the purpose described.'

'3. The loading-bar H, with its lugs I, its stop-plate G, the spring-camF, and its hook J, all combined and arranged substantially as shown, andfor the Ipurpose described.

f 4. The hollow breech-block P P, having shoulders K K, its finger L,trigger R; hammer Q, and extractor Y, all arranged substantially as andfor 'the purpose described.

l5. -The cut-oN, with its cam and spring, in combination with therevolving magazine and the ;breechhlock, substantially as and for the'

